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Day laborers run risk of no pay and deportation


Photo: Francis Jacobo

Angel, Carlos and Luis wait for employers to hire them for a day or a week. They alternate between two boroughs to avoid being targeted by immigration officials.


By Francis Jacobo

April 11, 2008


Before the sun rises in the South Bronx, men in steel boots, paint-speckled pants and baseball hats leave their homes and stand on corners.

“Surviving in my country was tough, but it’s worse here,â€